Editorial - Most Controversial Show on Television?
A commercial for the "hit" television show "Big Brother" just called it "The most controversial show on television" (or words to that effect). Hmm. Let's check the definition of controversy:
controversy: 1. a public dispute concerning a matter of opinion.
2. contention, strife, or argument.
Looks like their contention is false: There's absolutely no dispute or argument that Big Brother is boring crap.
That being said, how can this show be improved? For starters,give the people in the house something to DO! All they do is sit around in a house. I can do that myself, and at least I have a television. Why would I want to sit around my house using my television to watch some losers sit around THEIR house without a television? Maybe they could renovate the house, or furnish it, or even hang wallpaper. Now that would create some tension: a dozen strangers trying to hang wallpaper together. That house would be empty in a matter of hours!
The second improvement I would make is to get some cool people in the house. Right now it seems the only people on the show are losers who had nothing better to do for six months than sit around in a house without a televsion. The producers should recruit professionals for the next show, and pay them a salary comparable to what they were making at their jobs. In fact, take it a step further and make it "Celebrity Big Brother". Throw contestants like Hulk Hogan, Liam Neeson, Willie Nelson, Britney Spears, and Mark Hamill into the mix.
The producers also need to shorten the timeframe. The contestants become boring quite fast. Make the next show only one month long at the most, and kick off a few people every week. While we're on the subject off kicking people off, forget the voting method. I say open the door at midnight and the firs person pushed outside is kicked off. This would allow everyone to gang up on someone they hated, but it would also be a bonus to the more physically fit. A real test of survival as the weak struggle to find allies and the strong fear no one.
To recap: Hang wallpaper. Celebrities. No-holds-barred "cage" matches to kick people off. That is all.
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